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| zolti | | Thor |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 21 May 2011 - 05:58 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: Leethal) | | |
Leethal wrote:
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"gud call mate" 
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| lioneloxford | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/04/2011 | | Posts | : | 231 | | Location | : | Oxfordshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 21 May 2011 - 09:28 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: zolti) | | | On uk site - I get no recall for my VIN number.
I was told mine was a 2010 build, when I bought it.
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| ezrider3 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 505 | | Location | : | Maryland, United States |
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| | Posted : 17 Jun 2011 - 11:48 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: Colin_In_Ottawa) | | | Taking my Bird in today for the recall. Seems there is more then one. There is Service Recall #423 to replace the fender bolts. There is also Service Recall #424 to replace the screws that hold the ABS module.
EZ
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| ezrider3 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 21/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 505 | | Location | : | Maryland, United States |
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| | Posted : 17 Jun 2011 - 17:13 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: ezrider3) | | | UPDATE!
Well, I'm back from having my dealer do the fender bolt recall and ABS modulator recall. 3 HOURS to replace 7 bolts. 4 on the front fender and 3 for the ABS module. No wonder their service department is backed up with work.
I did have the mechanic show me the old and new bolts for the recall. No one there could tell the difference.
While I was there I had them take pictures of my sagging saddle bags. They are going to submit it to Triumph so I have to do a WAIT AND SEE on that one.
I'll keep you all posted.
EZ
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 17 Jun 2011 - 21:27 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: ezrider3) | | |
ezrider3 wrote:
3 HOURS to replace 7 bolts. 4 on the front fender and 3 for the ABS module. No wonder their service department is backed up with work.
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They did mine in less than an hour.
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| | Posted : 30 Jun 2011 - 22:30 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: mat1600) | | | I had mine done today... Less than an hour as well.
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| ezrider3 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 21/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 505 | | Location | : | Maryland, United States |
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| | Posted : 04 Jul 2011 - 13:47 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: lioneloxford) | | | As it turns out, this is NOT a recall but 2 service bulletins. My bike is a 2010 and was still due in for the service (recall) of the fender screws. It has nothing to do with the rubber washers on the mounting points. When I had mine done, I went back to the shop to see what was being changed. The only difference between the new screws and the original screws is the type and amount of Loktite applied to them from the factory. We laid the old and new screws side by side and that's the only difference. The other service bulletin was to change the ABS module screws. Again. the only difference was the Loktite on them. The service tech said that from what he has seen so far they are doing ALL bikes regardless of date of manufacture.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 04 Jul 2011 - 14:15 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: ezrider3) | | | The manufacturer of the bolts changed the coating, which inturn affected the setting of the loctite. Apparently.
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| zolti | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 04 Jul 2011 - 15:13 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: mat1600) | | |
mat1600 wrote:
The manufacturer of the bolts changed the coating, which inturn affected the setting of the loctite. Apparently. |
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yip thats what I was told.
stopped the loctite working.... nice
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| eagleone | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 27/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 51 | | Location | : | Johnston, Rhode Island, United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Jul 2011 - 00:16 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: zolti) | | | I just got my recall last week. Got warranty OK for my bags, chrome issues on valve covers. Guess they can do my recall when they change my valve covers out.
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| bigbikelupo | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 185 | | Location | : | Frankfurt, Germany |
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| | Posted : 05 Jul 2011 - 02:12 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: eagleone) | | | Drove to the dealer without front fender, he entered 'done' in the system, took me 2 minutes time 
| Is there an afterlife ?
Touch my bike and figure it out.
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| feduke | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Jul 2011 - 10:41 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: jensen) | | |
jensen wrote:
Got my recall letter today - affects VIN range 424451-466489.
I reckon they only do things like this to get us back to our dealer to buy things whilst we wait for it to be fixed!
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My letter came in a couple of days ago even though my bike was one of the first if not actually the first sold in the USA, and the VIN is clearly numbered way before the numbers listed on the recall. Maybe their U.S. lawyers advised them to change all the fittings to avoid liability problems?
I love their bikes but they do things in strange and mysterious ways. I think they hold their corporate meetings at Stonehenge and make a human sacrifice of anyone that comes up with a logical idea. Was someone at Triumph the one to suggest driving on the opposite side of the road from everyone else?
| I'm a secondhand vegetarian. Cows eat grass. I eat cows.
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| hypervista | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 26 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2011 - 13:31 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: EnGage) | | |
EnGage wrote:
Hypervista had one of his fender bolts come loose and dig into his tire. He was lucky he noticed in time. I know he contacted Triumph about this. I suspect that is were this recall came from.
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Greetings EnGage - yes, I still have my Tbird and still lovin it. My apologies for not being active on the boards; I feel somewhat anti-social. I've spent a great deal of the last year overseas and when I am in the States, my time is consumed with my two kids and massive "honey do" lists.
I got my recall letter just yesterday and thought I'd check the boards to see if there was any chatter about it. In reading the threads, it seems some got recall notices over a month ago. I'm reluctant to take mine to the dealer who screwed it up in the first place. I'll probably take her to the Triumph dealer over in Camps Springs (near Andrews AF Base), it's closer to me anyway.
Have you worn that merkin out yet?
Best Regards,
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2011 - 13:41 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: hypervista) | | | Got my letter in yesterday's mail as well. But, I already knew my bike was on the list... found out when I scheduled my 6K service. The dealer will replace the fender bolts when I get the service done this Saturday.
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| EnGage | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 Jul 2011 - 15:10 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: narsisco_lopez) | | | Welcome back Hyper Long time, no see. Did you ever pick up the Bonneville for your son?
I got my letter two days ago and, like feduke, I have one of the first bikes sold so I take it Triumph have decided to recall more bikes.
However, I was at my dealer two Saturdays ago to pick up gloves and the Service Manager wanted to check me off his list, so they replaced my on the spot, i.e., it was fixed before I got the letter
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Jul 2011 - 01:36 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: EnGage) | | | Just got my letter today so I guess I'll make my appt. gonna talk to them about my saddlebags too, they are not only sagging but the finish is coming off too
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2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
"Harley-Davidson; the worlds' most efficient method of turning gasoline into noise without the harmful side effect of horsepower."
"The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask"
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| Kando | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2009 | | Posts | : | 780 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Jul 2011 - 04:47 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: RedBird2010) | | | finally got my letter but had this recall done last month, dealer was well aware and did with no charge.
again if you have the touring seat get the replacement btackets for the standard seat bracket recall, just in case you ever want to resell.
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| PES | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 03/01/2009 | | Posts | : | 927 | | Location | : | Tulsa, OK, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Aug 2011 - 14:01 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: Kando) | | | I got the letter on the fender fasteners. I checked and they are not rubbing but the tolerance is close. I'm getting near the 11K mile mark, so since there is not an immediate problem I will wait until the 12K service.
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| MotorMac | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,790 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Aug 2011 - 02:36 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: PES) | | | Same letter, same VIN numbers here. Dealer in Nor Cal replaced the pan-head screws with - pan head torx screws. Was expecting hex heads, not sure it was much of an improvement..... would be nice to be able to put a wrench on 'em at least.
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| EnGage | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 15 Aug 2011 - 16:40 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: MotorMac) | | |
MotorMac wrote:
Same letter, same VIN numbers here. Dealer in Nor Cal replaced the pan-head screws with - pan head torx screws. Was expecting hex heads, not sure it was much of an improvement..... would be nice to be able to put a wrench on 'em at least. |
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A hex head would be nice, but the issue was with the original factory-applied locktite. Once installed properly I suspect that triumph doesn't want anyone turning the bolts and breaking the locktite and decided against a hex head.
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| thanks4thefish42 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/11/2010 | | Posts | : | 269 | | Location | : | High Springs, FL, United States |
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| | Posted : 04 Nov 2011 - 21:42 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: EnGage) | | | Just got back into Florida from my summer assignment and picked up my bike. I trailered it to South Florida and was going through the forum and saw the recall. Checked my bolts and 2 were just about touching the tire and 2 were just loose. It would have been a problem for sure. I was able to lift up the front of the bike with an overhead I-beam lift a few inches. I had a 19mm allen wrench for the front axel and it was an easy job. I'm not clear on where the ABS modulator is? Is it he device on the front axel that fits over the left side axel or on the back wheel???
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Kawasaki Vulcan 900 LT
Suzuki Boulevard S50
BMW R90/6-Luftmeister fairing
Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls. ~Stirling Moss
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 04 Nov 2011 - 21:59 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: thanks4thefish42) | | | Is it the abs bolt recall that you are refering to? As far as I am aware it is the mounting bolts for the ABS unit that is mounted on or near the swing arm.
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| Linkdog | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,923 | | Location | : | Groveland, FL., United States |
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| | Posted : 04 Nov 2011 - 22:21 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: thanks4thefish42) | | |
thanks4thefish42 wrote:
Just got back into Florida from my summer assignment and picked up my bike. I trailered it to South Florida and was going through the forum and saw the recall. Checked my bolts and 2 were just about touching the tire and 2 were just loose. It would have been a problem for sure. I was able to lift up the front of the bike with an overhead I-beam lift a few inches. I had a 19mm allen wrench for the front axel and it was an easy job. I'm not clear on where the ABS modulator is? Is it he device on the front axel that fits over the left side axel or on the back wheel???
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Wow you were lucky Mine were replaced a while ago and never found them to be loose. Good job on the forum for this You could have been in some serious trouble there.
| Never drink from a cow with one udder! 2010 1600 Blue&White ( of course ) Long TORS and HP filter.
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| cosmic | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 07/07/2012 | | Posts | : | 209 | | Location | : | Bangladesh |
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| | Posted : 27 Jul 2012 - 17:33 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: neilf) | | | I,m with you neilf, hex heads make good sense in that location.I have seen inside these engines & I think they made them very strong
indeed.Well Done Pommies.
| Gunmetal silver,Fournale shocks,Custom 7" headlight,Billet Driving light mounts,Custom Reverse Cone Megaphones No cat, Convertible pillion seat/ backrest, Custom quick release sisi bar,Billet quick-release saddle bag mounts.Front guard extension,Magnetic drain plug.Billet LED mirrors,Custom number plate mount,Custom LED rear indicators. 1700cams only.
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| fjnida | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 20/02/2013 | | Posts | : | 31 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Mar 2013 - 16:24 Post title : Re: Recall - Front Fender Fastners (Re: cosmic) | | | Can you tell me what is you windscreen on your T-bird? Looks awesome!!
Thanks Fred
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